Coverage

Building permits by state

The U.S. permitted 1,414,909 new housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $376B (U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey). Below: the states where we also track commercial projects permit by permit, then every state.

• Arizona

  Mesa

  365 projects · $2.6B
• California

  Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose

  7,689 projects · $10.8B
• Colorado

  Denver

  505 projects · $232M
• District of Columbia

  Washington DC

  1,928 projects
• Florida

  Miami, Miami-Dade County, Orlando

  7,873 projects · $23.6B
• Illinois

  Chicago

  2,616 projects · $9.6B
• Kentucky

  Louisville

  580 projects · $1B
• Louisiana

  Baton Rouge, New Orleans

  1,237 projects · $1.9B
• Maryland

  Baltimore, Montgomery County MD

  1,273 projects · $3.4B
• Massachusetts

  Boston, Cambridge

  327 projects · $1.2B
• Minnesota

  Minneapolis

  914 projects · $1B
• New Mexico

  Albuquerque

  178 projects · $266M
• New York

  Buffalo, New York City

  11,921 projects · $11.2B
• North Carolina

  Charlotte, Raleigh

  4,633 projects · $3.3B
• Ohio

  Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus

  3,284 projects · $6.6B
• Oregon

  Portland

  1,551 projects · $1.5B
• Pennsylvania

  Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

  3,038 projects · $1.5B
• Tennessee

  Nashville

  1,115 projects · $1.9B
• Texas

  Arlington, Austin, Fort Worth

  3,460 projects · $11.3B
• Virginia

  Norfolk

  445 projects · $624M
• Washington

  Seattle, Tacoma

  2,000 projects · $6B